Recognize Perspectives: Explains the perspectives of other people, groups, or scholars and distinguishes it from one’s own perspective.

The disability community has been an immense part of my life because of my little brother Devon. My little brother was diagnosed with Cerebral palsy from birth because of a brain bleed in his head and from being born at 30 weeks which is 10 weeks early. He was born when I was 6 years old so I've gotten to see how hard it’s been for my family as well as himself dealing with this disability. I remember watching the doctors tell my mom what to do and how to treat him when his muscles were sore or when he got a new piece of equipment. I was so interested they even told me what to do so I could teach my other family members what to do for him. So when I got an opportunity to work with other disabled kids and their siblings I jumped at the chance because it’s been a great passion of mine to learn more since Devon was born. 

Sophomore year is when I really got involved within the community and really grew in my passion for helping others as well and that's when I started volunteering at an event called Recess. Recess is an event every first Friday of the month where parents can drop their disabled kids and siblings off to get a break and have some free time to themselves for free. This event has always been one of the highlights of my month because I get to know a new kid each month or I get to the same one for a while and get to watch them grow and learn new things. This event has changed my life and the way I look at it because I used to be mad or upset with my mom when she wouldn’t get me something or show me attention when I was little because she had to take care of Devon. But then is see these families that come in and some are just your average family but then there are families that come in with 6 kids and you can tell how tired the parents are because they are worn out and the kids are happy with what they have and they don’t complain about their parents at all but instead talk about how amazing they are and how they are a superhero for doing everything for them. So that perspective has really changed my life because here I am with a mom who does everything I’m well provided for and get most of the things I want and if I don’t I get mad but now I realized that’s not the stuff that matters what matters is if I have clothes on my back and if I have food in my stomach and if I'm healthy.